Sarasota woman charged in attempted drowning of children (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:13:10 GMT
By SCOTT CARROLL A Sarasota woman who authorities say tried to drown her two small children in a frigid Charlotte County pond while screaming, "I want to kill them!" was arrested Friday night and charged with attempted murder.
National Scripps Howard Foundation awards Herald-Tribune for report on real estate flipping (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:06:20 GMT
Staff Report The Herald-Tribune investigation of real estate flipping fraud won the national Scripps Howard award for business/economics reporting, the Scripps Howard Foundation announced Friday.
Sarasota woman charged with trying to drown her children (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:56:58 GMT
SCOTT CARROLL A Sarasota woman who authorities say tried to drown her two small children in a frigid Charlotte County pond while screaming I want to kill them! was arrested Friday night and charged with attempted murder.
76-year-old man indicted on murder charges in 1972 homicide (News 10 NBC Rochester)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:58:22 GMT
A Monroe County Grand Jury has indicted 76-year-old James Kimble on three counts of murder. Since the crime occured in 1972, there is no...
911 reform bill has local ties (The Boca Beacon)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:57:03 GMT
The state house and senate are looking at a proposed bill to make it mandatory for all 911 telecommunicators to have statewide uniform training, and word as to whether or not it will go through is expected to be heard very soon. Whether or not the bill passes may mean a lot more to the people [...]
Missing-child cases shock, but are not the trend in Northeast Florida (The Florida Times-Union)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:12:09 GMT
Although cases of missing, abducted and even murdered children have rocked Northeast Florida for the past year, law enforcement agencies and advocates for children say the state is at the forefront in confronting the issue.
Good morning, Buffalo: a quick look at what's happening today (The Buffalo News)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:12:53 GMT
Suddenly it seemed like the merry month of May under that hot sun on Thursday, but today is more likely to remind us of April. We'll have clouds, the National Weather Service says, and a shower or two, although we should be mostly rain free. It also won't be quite as amazingly warm. High 50s is the prediction, a bit cooler wherever the Lake Ontario breezes are felt.
Thursday's sports briefs (The Tampa Tribune)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT
SOCCER MLS players vote to strike if no deal by March 25 Major League Soccer players voted to strike if a new labor contract isn't agreed to before the first season opener March 25.
House committee passes 911 privacy bill (The Suncoast News Pasco)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:20:04 GMT
Florida House leadership is moving legislation aimed at barring the public from hearing 911 calls, unless the court allows an exception. Nate Lee, the husband of Denise Amber Lee, who in 2008 was kidnapped, raped and murdered by Michael King, and his family struggled with the state's decision to make public Denise's call to 911 on her killer's cell phone just before her death.
Delmer Smiths crimes began as a teenager (Bradenton Herald)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:13 GMT
SARASOTA Decades before authorities say he killed, raped and beat women in Manatee and Sarasota counties, Delmer Smith III began a life of crime that has kept him behind bars for more than half his life, Sarasota County Sheriffs Office detectives say.